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[|Tulsa Golf Inspiration Article] -Most of 'em are not gonna be Tour players. We've got to remember why they're here: to get a degree."  This quote is important because it shows that the school is more focused on there grades then sports. -"We have more important things than this," he told his boys as he herded them to the airport to get on that plane. He chose academics over athletics, No. 2 pencils over No. 2 irons.  He talks about how school is more important than golf and golf is just a sport not the players main goal. Their main goal is to succeed in school.

The lesson that we learned from this was that education is more important than sports. This article impacted us because we thought that his decision was fairly rash, yet we can still respect his decision because he had the right intentions in mind. And academics should always come before extra curricular, they're called extra for a reason.



After reading this article, what was your reaction to Coach Brogden's decision? Do you think he made the right choice to pull his student/athletes in such an intense moment in the match? And morally speaking, what would you have done if you were in his shoes, let them finish the last hole or get them back to class in time for their exam?

Overall this article is about a college golf team that is in overtime at the world tour, they are a very talented team and it is now sudden death. However there is one problem, if they play these last holes then they will be late for their plane ride home and finals are in the morning. The coach makes an executive decision to pull the team out of the tournament. It is clear that he has the students best interest in mind.